A painting is finished when the painter says it is finished.
Een schilderij is pas af als de schilder vindt dat het af is.
Artists
Rembrandt
Born in Leiden in 1606, Rembrandt used light and shadow to probe human psychology. The Night Watch transformed group portraiture; ninety self-portraits form Western art's most candid record of aging.
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